Re: MIB's incompatibility

Doug Hughes (Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU)
Wed, 8 May 1996 08:15:19 -0500

>
>Hi!
>
> I loaded tkined and scotty software free from the "Internet" and created
>network map in tkined,putting into the database names and IP addresses of
>every device in my network.After I loaded private MIB`s (this MIB's were
>sent to me by manufacturer).I used the command "mib load file".But this
>private MIB's are not working.Devices are configured to respond to SNMPv1
>and I thought ,that private MIB's are configured for SNMPv2,becouse I am
>getting messages like :bad format.
> I think I should compile MIB'sv2 to MIB'sv1.
> The question is :Where can I get MIB's compiler or It is organization
>,which is providing compiling from MIB'sv2 to MIB'sv1?
>
> Thank you,
> Julia.
>
>

I'd guess there's a syntax error in the file someplace. Does it give you
a line number for the bad format? You might try another snmp tool
like the CMU SNMP toolkit or the mosy mib compiler (both available via archie)
to check where the error in the file is occurring.

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